Since moving to the Bay Area in 2009, Chris Trinidad has become a vital voice on the Asian-American jazz scene. Originally from Vancouver, the Filipino-Canadian musician, teacher, multi-instrumentalist and scholar has honed a wide-open aesthetic shaped by his love of jazz, his embracing spirituality and his insistent curiosity about fellow humans. Co-presenting a regular Asian-American […]
A rising force on the Bay Area music scene, Filipino and Irish-American singer-songwriter Ouida (pronounced "wee-duh") has quickly gained international attention. Since her first release in 2020 her songs have been featured in MTV’s Love & Hip Hop Atlanta and Jersey Shore, NYLON Manila, and leading Irish radio stations. Funded in part by San Francisco-based […]
This event is expected to be highly attended. Free RSVP After a heartbreaking weather cancellation in May, we are so excited to bring this powerhouse double bill to San Francisco! Pedrito Martinez arrived in New York City from Havana in 1998 just as the Buena Vista Social Club was reintroducing the world to the glories […]
Join us in celebration of San Francisco Indigenous Peoples Day at Yerba Buena Gardens with Native American art, music and vendors. The program highlights the vastly diverse and talented community of Indigenous artists in the Bay Area, California and beyond. Cultural Presentations/Performing Artists Opening Water Ceremony All Nations Drummers and Intertribal Dancers Mexica Dance Group […]
This program occurs on two days: October 19 and October 20. San Francisco’s largest literary festival returns in 2024, celebrating writing communities throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Join a curated spread of small presses and literary magazines for the newly revived Litquake Book Fair in Yerba Buena Gardens. Participating presses include PM Press, Transit […]
This program occurs on two days: October 19 and October 20. San Francisco’s largest literary festival returns in 2024, celebrating writing communities throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Featuring a day of poetry readings from Litquake Out Loud. Litquake Out Loud highlights the Bay Area’s BIPOC & LGBTQ+ writers and thought leaders, representing Litquake’s continued investment […]
This event is expected to be highly attended. Free RSVP Over the past decade London’s creatively roiling jazz scene has made waves that have swept right across the Atlantic, and one of the most exciting groups to emerge in recent years is KOKOROKO. An eight-piece band led by trumpeter, vocalist and visual artist Sheila Maurice-Grey, […]
RSVP to be entered to win tickets to Circus Bella's upcoming show Kaleidoscope! The winner will be notified via email after Halloween Hoopla. Free RSVP The 24th annual Halloween Hoopla is back with family-friendly frights and delights for kids under 10 and their adults! This year’s festivities are sure to amaze with awe-inspiring performers from […]